If an alien landed right in front of us and said to you, Theo, take me to your leader, are you going to take them to the White House? No. Are you taking me to Congress? No. Who, where would you take him? You speak a size like is the one dude behind the counter. What do they eat? The Reese's pieces? No. Now you give a Reese's to an alien it's going to get diabetes. How do you know it can handle it? It's just some prettypretty. And I have to think about and get back to you on that.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is the host of the weekly show “Star Talk” on National Geographic and the head of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. He has a new book “Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization” out now.
Neil deGrasse Tyson joins the show to chat with Theo about cosmic musings, the new space race, facts vs. feelings, flat-earthers, climate change and much more.